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the minus 1.6 number on x transportation i'm guessing another big decline in defense, defense aircraft was down and where is defense overall? it looks like defense capital goods down 40% so this is a thing that has to do with maybe we're seeing some of the -- >> is this the fiscal cliff? >> it wouldn't be the face fiscal cliff as much as what is happening in afghanistan and iraq, and the drawdown. i have to call the pentagon and see if they'll give us a general idea on spending. we have been chronicling over the last 11 years the complete inability of the government to count what the government spends and/or hires, it's been a source of amazing frustration. i get they have trouble with the private sector but you'd think they'd get the hiring of government officials or government workers to be right. on the claims number, a little bit towards the things are getting a little better number. rick, i didn't see the continuing claims number. some economists were looking for that gauge for how they do on what their sense of unemployment is as well. >> i'll run and check it while you keep talk
the minus 1.6 number on x transportation i'm guessing another big decline in defense, defense aircraft was down and where is defense overall? it looks like defense capital goods down 40% so this is a thing that has to do with maybe we're seeing some of the -- >> is this the fiscal cliff? >> it wouldn't be the face fiscal cliff as much as what is happening in afghanistan and iraq, and the drawdown. i have to call the pentagon and see if they'll give us a general idea on spending. we...
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. >> in illinois today, europe begins its defense of the ryder cup. four matches this morning and four more matching in the afternoon. rory mcilroy and graham mcdowell within the first to tee off against jim furyk and snedeker. >> so we're hoping for him. no tiger/rory match-up today. and you remember somebody -- norman said that rory mcilroy intimidating tiger. nobody intimidates tiger. >> you would. >> i don't intimidate tiger or his caddie. he got rid of that thug. i think he's now with adam scott. but then the guy said adam scott won some average tournament and he said it was the greatest caddying game. i think he's a kiwi, isn't he? anyway, now today's weather forecast. alex wall larks i was trying to find out when on nbc the ryder cup starts today. >> i'll find out. >> alex, you're a renaissance man. you don't just know about rain, do you you? is there rain in illinois? how about that? >> it looks like the rain will be sinking just south of illinois, maybe a few showers this morning. but later today should be a little drier. >> who is it on toda
. >> in illinois today, europe begins its defense of the ryder cup. four matches this morning and four more matching in the afternoon. rory mcilroy and graham mcdowell within the first to tee off against jim furyk and snedeker. >> so we're hoping for him. no tiger/rory match-up today. and you remember somebody -- norman said that rory mcilroy intimidating tiger. nobody intimidates tiger. >> you would. >> i don't intimidate tiger or his caddie. he got rid of that thug. i...
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elsewhere, australia miners ended lower, but defensive headquarters capped loss on that market. india's index lowered by about .4 of a percent. >>> let's get over to london now and the latest out of europe. kelly evans is standing by with that. kelly, what can you tell us about some of the chaos there? >> becky, good morning. pretty much get a sense from looking behind me, it's great to see her, by the way, on your program. usually we just get to hang out on "worldwide exchange." you'd be hard pressed to find stocks in the green. there's a couple over there, but really not too many to mention. this is a pretty broad-based selloff. for the most part. we can take a look at the ftse 100. now greater than 1% on the morning. dax down 1.5%. cac shedding nearly 2% at this point. spain's ibex down 2.65%. this is where some of the real action has been. i almost don't need to do anything else but show you this chip and that can give you a sense of what's happening in markets. we've seen concerns about the health of different regions of spain drawing on the sovereign's finances. that start
elsewhere, australia miners ended lower, but defensive headquarters capped loss on that market. india's index lowered by about .4 of a percent. >>> let's get over to london now and the latest out of europe. kelly evans is standing by with that. kelly, what can you tell us about some of the chaos there? >> becky, good morning. pretty much get a sense from looking behind me, it's great to see her, by the way, on your program. usually we just get to hang out on "worldwide...
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>> we had a pretty darn good economy when we were playing bill clinton's tax rates and then it cuts defenses we haven't done in 30 years and entitlement programs. >> there's a few on the left that admit that going back to the clinton tax rates is not just for people who are 250, it's for everyone. >> i agree with that. >> $200 billion in the middle class from the bush tax cuts and $100 billion from the payroll tax cut -- >> it would do a lot. >> we should take our medicine, we should do it. >> that's where i think you're right. we have to -- any politician who says democrat or republican, we're going to get out of this without suffering some pain -- >> that's what we're hearing from paul krugman who says any democrat that goes along with the simpson/bowles. >> only for one reason, you shouldn't raise the -- you shouldn't raise the eligibility for medicare to 67. that makes no sense at all. but otherwise -- >> why doesn't it? >> because medicare is the only universal health care plan that we have in this country. and to raise it at the time when people are retiring is insane. and furthermore,
>> we had a pretty darn good economy when we were playing bill clinton's tax rates and then it cuts defenses we haven't done in 30 years and entitlement programs. >> there's a few on the left that admit that going back to the clinton tax rates is not just for people who are 250, it's for everyone. >> i agree with that. >> $200 billion in the middle class from the bush tax cuts and $100 billion from the payroll tax cut -- >> it would do a lot. >> we should...